Carbon footprint of aviation

Bc. Michal Pokorný

Diplomová práce

Abstract:

This diploma thesis focuses on getting acquainted with the carbon footprint of aviation. The theoretical part deals with the emissions produced by an aircraft engine and an explanation of the concept of carbon footprint. The next part is devoted to methods of calculating the carbon footprint, namely ICAO methods, 3 methodological levels of the IPCC and finally aircraft operations involving flight phases or aircraft movements. In this section are explained terms such as LTO or CCD. The part of this work is also devoted to the topic of fuel consumption calculation. The analytical part contains the calculation of the total amount of carbon footprint produced during the LTO cycle in the period 2014-2020. Further use this calculation to compare with other airports. The next part deals with the possibility of calculating emissions for the selected aircraft type and route. The last part is focused on the calculation of the amount of carbon footprint produced on the routes from Prague Airport in the period of the summer flight schedule 2021.

Keywords

CF, CO2 emission, LTO cycle, carbon footprint, CO2, emissions

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 8. 4. 2021

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: doc. Ing. Petr Procházka, MSc. Ph.D.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management